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  <info>
    <link type="guide" xref="index#play"/>
    <revision version="0.1" date="2011-12-07" status="stub"/>
    <revision pkgversion="3.4.2" date="2012-06-17" status="review"/>

    <credit type="author copyright">
      <name>Baptiste Mille-Mathias</name>
      <email>baptistem@gnome.org</email>
      <years>2012</years>
    </credit>
    <credit type="author copyright">
      <name>Ekaterina Gerasimova</name>
      <email>kittykat3756@gmail.com</email>
      <years>2012</years>
    </credit>

  </info>

  <title>Start a new game</title>

  <p>To start a new game, click the <gui style="button">New</gui> button or
  select <guiseq><gui style="menu">Mines</gui><gui style="menuitem">New
  Game</gui></guiseq> from the menu, then <link xref="board-size">select your
  preferred board size</link>.</p>

  <p>If you are already playing a game, <app>Mines</app> will ask if you want
  to <gui>Start New Game</gui> or <gui>Keep Current Game</gui>; if you choose
  the former, your current game will be lost.</p>

</page>
